Celebrate Community

---

We've got trouble, folks...

Right here in River City...with a capital T that rhymes with C that stands for collapse...chaos...calamity...community.

This new town of mine has the loveliest downtown...beautiful, brick storefronts overlooking the mighty Mississippi...the bridge visible in the distance...the water glistening in the sun...

Take daily walks that way...think about the history of the place...the stories those buildings tell...admire the quaint vintage feel of the streets...

Until tragedy struck...a tragedy of grand proportion...a domino tragedy of sorts...one building on the end pulling away...set to be demolished, which caused the next to collapse, and the rest of the block—and then some—to be deemed unsafe...

Businesses and tenants given little notice...told to evacuate—had two days in pouring rain...and that's when community stepped up...pleas on social media sites...groups organizing support...people helping people pack, move, relocate...

The fate of those 20 buildings still in the air...the fate of those 36 renters and 18 business still unknown...but a renewed faith in good...a renewed faith in love...a renewed faith in community...restored...

And this old gal is proud to be here...
​
And that husband of mine...